Todder
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.jpg) Todder by Tommy Patterson for A Game of Thrones comic | ||||
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| Alias | Toad | |||
| Allegiance | Night's Watch | |||
| Culture | Westeros | |||
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| Played by | Will O'Connell | |||
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Game of Thrones: Season 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
Todder, nicknamed Toad by his peers, is a recruit of the Night's Watch.[1]
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Todder is portrayed by Will O'Connell.
Contents
Appearance
Toad is a short, ugly boy with an unpleasant voice[1] and a shrill laugh.[2] He has pig eyes, small and shiny.[1]
Todder follows the Faith of the Seven.[3]
History
Todder learned bawdy drinking songs in the winesink owned by his father.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Toad is in the same class of recruits as Jon Snow. Fed up with being beaten daily during sword practice, he is among the recruits who confront Jon after practice. The fight is put to an end by Donal Noye.[1] Jon tells Todder and other recruits to stop bullying Samwell Tarly.[5]
When Gueren is reported to be coming up the kingsroad with new recruits, Toad is among those chosen to become black brothers,[6] and he is named to the rangers.[7]
When Ser Alliser Thorne calls Jon a traitor's bastard after the arrest of Lord Eddard Stark, Jon's father, Toad helps stop Jon from attacking the master-at-arms.[8]
Todder is eager to see Longclaw when Jon receives the Valyrian steel sword from Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.[9]
Toad is among the group of friends who stop Jon from abandoning the Night's Watch and forswearing himself.[2]
A Clash of Kings
Although Todder and Pypar want to participate in the great ranging venturing beyond the Wall, they remain at Castle Black.[10] To celebrate Grenn's first ranging, he is purchased a prostitute at the Mole's Town brothel by Pyp, Halder, and Toad.[10]
When Jon kills Qhorin Halfhand in the Skirling Pass on his command to prove that he has forsaken the Night's Watch so that he can infiltrate the camp of Mance Rayder, Jon wonders whether he has lost his friends.[11]
A Storm of Swords
Samwell mentions Toad to Gilly and tells her that he looks like a toad and has an awful voice.[12]
Toad celebrates Jon Snow's election as the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.[13]
A Dance with Dragons
Toad is one of the friends present in the new common hall who try to invite Lord Commander Snow to sit with them, to no avail. He complains about Melisandre's preaching about R'hllor. Jon decides to separate his friends and transfers Toad and Halder west to the Shadow Tower.[3]
Quotes by Todder
Todder: You make us look bad.
Jon: You looked bad before I ever met you.[1]—Todder and Jon Snow
I heard of a man who had a razor made of Valyrian steel. He cut his head off trying to shave.[9]
—Todder to Jon Snow
Grenn: We're your brothers now.
Todder: They'll cut off your head if they catch you, you know. This is so stupid, it's like something the Aurochs would do.
Grenn: I would not. I'm no oathbreaker. I said the words and I meant them.[2]
Quotes about Todder
The Watch has need of every man it can get. Even men like Toad. You won't win any honors killing him.[1]
—Donal Noye to Jon Snow
You're certain to be a ranger, Toad. They'll want you as far from the castle as they can. If Mance Rayder attacks, lift your visor and show your face, and he'll run off screaming.[6]
—Pypar to Todder
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 19, Jon III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 10, Jon III.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 26, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 26, Jon III.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 48, Jon VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 52, Jon VII.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 60, Jon VIII.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 68, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 46, Samwell III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 79, Jon XII.